361, Lot: 935. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 22.31 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-128. Bare head right / Emperor standing left on the Rostra in the Forum, addressing six citizens with hands raised in acclamation; tetrastyle temple to right. RIC II 640a var. (five citizens); Banti 201. Fair, brown surfaces. Very rare.

Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004), lot 1461.